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Everything. the first thought that went through my head was, you know, okay, what do we do now? >> hundreds of nearby residents and a nursing home are evacuated. >> they said everybody over in the college hill area, you need to evacuate. >> firefighters are on the scene for more than 12 hours. the charred remains of cars and debris are a testament to the ferocity of the chemical-fueled inferno that claims one life, a 61-year-old woman who lived in one of the destroyed homes. an investigation finds the cause of the train accident to be lack of attention by the train crew. >> by far, that was th...

When the flames mushroomed up, they were completely destroyed. >> several electrical explosions follow as the fire rages out of control. >> i had already had a plan of action in my head and then when it blew up, it changed everything. the first thought that went through my head was you know, okay, what do we do now. >> hundreds of nearby residents and a nursing home are evacuated. >> they said everybody over in the college hill area, you need to evacuate. >> firefighters are on the scene for more than 12 hours. the charred remains of cars and debris are a testament to the ferocity of the chemi...

May have captured the derailment. they do not know yet if this train had cameras that captured images, but we should know that soon. also, investigators have not yet interviewsed the train crew, including the conductor. we are told, though, that will be done today or tomorrow. >> we know the speed limit at least on the straightaway, the straight parts of the track is 70 miles per hour. the train was supposed to slow to about 30 when it went around that curve. apparently it did not and that's why it derailed. do we know how fast the train was going? >> at this point the ntsb tells us they still...

The data from the event recorders. the operations team will be looking at what procedures were in place and how those procedures had been followed. the human performance team will be looking at the performance of the train crew and identifying any anomalies therein. and finally, survival factors team will be documenting the interior of the cars and trying to understand exactly how people were injured or killed. there will be an organization meeting this evening in which these teams will be formed. the parties -- to the investigation will include the federal railway administration, the new york...

The first thought that went through my head was you know, okay, what do we do now. >> hundreds of nearby residents and a nursing home are evacuated. >> they said everybody over in the college hill area, you need to evacuate. >> firefighters are on the scene for more than 12 hours. the charred remains of cars and debris are a testament to the ferocity of the chemical-fueled inferno that claims one life, a 61-year-old woman who lived in one of the destroyed homes. an investigation finds the cause of the train accident to be lack of attention by the train crew. >> by far that was the biggest expl...